(business) A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

(mathematics) Either of a pair of functions that have the same domain and that the values of one are equal to or greater than the other for all points in that domain.

plural of compact space

Closely or densely packed together.

simple past tense and past participle of compact

Companions of either gender who do morally questionable things.

A limited liability company that is not a public corporation

Alternative spelling of telltale compass

(nautical) A compass installed in the cabin so that the captain or other officer may check the course of a ship without going to the deck; often upturned and suspended from the ceiling.

(business) A company that shares its parent company with another company. / (nonstandard) A subsidiary.